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‘TREATY OF PEACE WITH TURKEY, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS Signed at Lausanne on July 24, 1923, together with Agreements between Greece and Turkey signed on January 30, 1923, and Subsidiary Documents forming part of THE TURKISH PEACE SETTLEMENT.’ [‎121r] (246/260)

The record is made up of 1 volume (126 folios). It was created in 1923-1924. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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that it agrees that the concerns mentioned below, which have hitherto
carried on regular services in Turkish \vaters ; should undertake in
Turkey the transport of goods and passengers from one port to
another; and it is prepared to negotiate with these concerns the
conditions under which they may eventually he authorised to continue
such traffic, for such period as may be provided for in any contract
which they may conclude with the Turkish Government.
If within V period of six months from the 1st January, 19-4,
these ’negotiations should not have led to an agreement, the said
concerns" would only be entitled to carry on their activities under
present conditions for a further period of two years.
The concerns referred to above as benefiting by this arrangemen
will be the following
The Khedivial Mail Steamship and Graving Dock Company
(Limited).
M. and J. Constant.
Ellerman Line (Limited).
The vessels o( Turkish concerns which at the present time are
engaged in cabotage trade in Turkey shall enjoy reciprocal treatment
on the coasts of Great Britain. . c _
I beg your Excellency to be so good as to inform me of tl
agreement of your Government, and l avail, &c.
M. ISMET.
His Excellency Sir Horace Kumbold,
Delegate of His Britannic Majesty
at the Peace Conference,
&c., &•, & c -
_ ,, Lausanne, July 24, 192J.
Your Excellency, i Q ,i, ro ti, P rpceint of the letter of
I have the honour to ack»owled^ the ^Pt ^ ^
to-day’s date which your Kxcl tin ^ nufce , in the nanie 0 f my
to me- regarding cabotage trade. ® letter ’j hasten to inform
Government, of the oont ^ ® in regar d to the conditions under
you that we are m agreune ^ B i ; h dipping concerns
'the present date are engaged
in cabotage trade m Turkey. j avail)
Horace Rumbold.
lfi« Excellencv General Ismet Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
H Tresident of the Turkish Delegation,
&c., & c - &c -

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A printed copy of the Treaty of Peace with Turkey, commonly referred to as the Treaty of Lausanne. The treaty was signed on 24 July 1923 and formally ended the conflict between the Ottoman Empire and other nations (including Great Britain) that had begun at the onset of the First World War. The volume was printed and published by HM Stationery Office, London, 1923 (Treaty Series No. 16 (1923). Cmd. 1929). The treaty is printed in the French original and English translation.

The treaty is divided into seventeen sections (numbered I-XVII): I. Treaty of Peace; II. Straits Convention; III. Convention respecting the Thracian frontier; IV. Convention respecting conditions of Residence and Business and Jurisdiction; V. Commercial Convention; VI. Convention concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations, signed at Lausanne January 30, 1923; VII. Agreement between Greece and Turkey respecting the reciprocal restitution of interned civilians and the exchange of prisoners of war, signed at Lausanne 23 January 1923; VIII. Declaration relating to the Amnesty; IX. Declaration relating to Muslim properties in Greece; X. Declaration relating to sanitary matters in Turkey; XI. Declaration relating to the administration of justice in Turkey; XII. Protocol relating to certain concessions granted in the Ottoman Empire; XIII. Protocol relating to the accession of Belgium and Portugal to certain provisions and instruments signed at Lausanne; XIV. Protocol relating to the evacuation of the Turkish territory occupied by the British, French and Italian forces; XV. Protocol relating to the Karagatch [Karaağaç] territory and the Islands of Imbros [Gökçeada] and Tenedos [Bozcaada]; XVI. Protocol relating to the Treaty concluded at Sèvres between the principal Allied Powers and Greece on August 10, 1920, concerning the protection of minorities in Greece, and the Treaty concluded on the same day between the same Powers relating to Thrace; XVII. Protocol relating to signature by the Serb-Croat-Slovene State.

The volume also includes copies of correspondence relating to the treaty, including letters exchanged between the High Commissioner to Constantinople, Sir Horace George Montagu Rumbold, who signed the Treaty of Lausanne on behalf of the British Government, and the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ismet Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Mustafa İsmet İnönü]. A map of those parts of southeastern Europe affected by the treaty is also enclosed in the volume (f 126).

The volume is accompanied by a loose folio (f 128), entitled ‘NOTE ON THE TREATY OF PEACE (TURKEY) BILL, 1924.’, originally presented by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Parliament. The note was printed and published by HM Stationery Office, London, in 1924.

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1 volume (126 folios)
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The volume’s contents are listed at the front of the volume (ff 2-3), and refer to the volume’s original pagination system.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 128, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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‘TREATY OF PEACE WITH TURKEY, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS Signed at Lausanne on July 24, 1923, together with Agreements between Greece and Turkey signed on January 30, 1923, and Subsidiary Documents forming part of THE TURKISH PEACE SETTLEMENT.’ [‎121r] (246/260), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F112/280/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100066492369.0x00002f> [accessed 25 April 2024]

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